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% Florida A&M University (FAMU)
% Thesis and Dissertation LaTeX Template
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% Built from the formatting rules in
% "Thesis/Dissertation Template" (FAMU, 11/14/2025).
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% HOW TO USE THIS TEMPLATE
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% 1. Fill in the variables below (title, name, degree,
% committee, etc.).
% 2. Edit the files in the data/ folder with your own
% content (dedication, acknowledgments, chapters, etc.).
% 3. Add your references to myReference.bib.
% 4. Compile with pdfLaTeX (or XeLaTeX) + BibTeX, twice,
% so the Table of Contents / List of Figures / List of
% Tables page numbers resolve correctly.
%
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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{famuconfig}
% FAMU requires a fully legible, non-script 12pt font (e.g. Times
% New Roman). Comment this out to fall back to Computer Modern.
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.png,.jpg,.jpeg,.pdf}
\graphicspath{ {./figures/} }
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
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% Place any additional personal packages here.
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%%% Begin student defined packages.
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% MANUSCRIPT INFORMATION -- edit the values below.
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% Title, in normal capitalization -- it is displayed in all caps
% automatically wherever FAMU requires it.
\renewcommand{\famumanuscripttitle}{FAMU Thesis \& Dissertation Overleaf Template }
% Type only "Thesis" or "Dissertation".
\renewcommand{\famupapertype}{Thesis}
% Your full name, as it appears in university records.
\renewcommand{\famufullname}{First Name Last Name}
% Degree title. Examples: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy,
% Master of Architecture.
\renewcommand{\famudegree}{Master of Science}
% Department name. If you have no department, use your School or
% College name here instead.
\renewcommand{\famudepartment}{Department of Computer and Information Sciences}
% Name of your College or School (used on the title page and on the
% Approved-by signature lines).
\renewcommand{\famuschoolcollege}{College of Science and Technology}
% Graduation term: "Fall Semester", "Spring Semester", or "Summer Semester".
\renewcommand{\famugradsemester}{Fall Semester}
\renewcommand{\famugradyear}{2026}
% Copyright page.
\renewcommand{\famucopyrightyear}{2026}
\renewcommand{\famucopyrightholder}{\famufullname}
% Committee approval page.
\renewcommand{\famudefensedate}{Month DD, YYYY}
\renewcommand{\famuchairname}{Committee Chair Name, Ph.D.}
\renewcommand{\famuchairrole}{Professor Directing \famupapertype}
% For co-chairs, duplicate the chair block in data/committee.tex and
% change both roles to "Professor Co-Directing Thesis/Dissertation".
\renewcommand{\famumemberonename}{Committee Member Name, Ph.D.}
\renewcommand{\famumemberonerole}{Committee Member}
\renewcommand{\famumembertwoname}{Committee Member Name, Ph.D.}
\renewcommand{\famumembertworole}{Committee Member}
\renewcommand{\famumemberthreename}{Committee Member Name, Ph.D.}
\renewcommand{\famumemberthreerole}{Outside Committee Member}
% Add or remove committee members directly in data/committee.tex.
\renewcommand{\famudeptchairline}{Department Chair Name, Ph.D., Chairperson, \famudepartment}
\renewcommand{\famuacademicdeanline}{Academic Dean Name, Ph.D., Dean, \famuschoolcollege}
\renewcommand{\famugraduatedeanline}{Graduate Dean Name, Ph.D., Dean, Graduate Studies and Research}
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% End preamble. Document begins below.
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\begin{document}
% Front matter, in the order required by the FAMU formatting guide:
% Title (i, unnumbered) - Copyright (ii) - Committee Approval (iii) -
% Dedication (iv, optional) - Acknowledgments (v, optional) -
% Curriculum Vitae (vi, optional for Master's / required for Doctoral) -
% Table of Contents (vii) - Abstract (viii) -
% Symbols and Abbreviations (ix, optional) -
% List of Tables (x, optional) - List of Figures (xi, optional)
\include{data/titlepage}
\include{data/copyright}
\include{data/committee}
\include{data/dedication}
\include{data/acknowledgments}
\include{data/cv}
\include{data/toc}
\include{data/abstract}
\include{data/symbols}
\include{data/lot}
\include{data/lof}
% Chapters. Arabic page numbering starts at Chapter 1 = page 1.
\include{data/section1}
\include{data/section2}
\include{data/section3}
\include{data/section4}
\include{data/section5}
% To add another chapter, copy one of the files above, then add a
% line here, e.g. \include{data/section6}
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% REFERENCES
% FAMU allows any discipline-standard reference style, as long as it
% is applied consistently. This template defaults to "apalike"; swap
% for e.g. "ieeetr", "plain", or a discipline-specific .bst file, and
% \usepackage{natbib} above if you need author-date in-text citations.
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\let\oldbibitem\bibitem
\renewcommand{\bibitem}{\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\oldbibitem}
\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{REFERENCES}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{{\normalsize\bfseries REFERENCES}}
\bibliography{myReference}
% Appendix / appendices. Leave commented out if not needed.
\include{data/appendices}
\end{document}